Unfortunately not. This happens in narratives when referring to the parents
of an individual. I have asked for a feature on the beta-list where you were
allowed to 'construct' your own display of parent-names but I didn't get a
lot of support on that. Another option could be to have more choices on the
Report Options View.

What you can do is omit these parent-names from reports. On the Report
Options View, select All under "Content for", then select "Omit" in the
Parents-box.

Gr. Wim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chi Vu [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 5:17 PM
> To:
> Subject: [GENBOX] Women's married names
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> In the Narrative Reports, married women's names are shown as
> "Jane Mary
> (Olson) Smith", where Olson is her maiden name and Smith is
> her husband's last name. Is there a way to make the report
> show the maiden names only, that is "Jane Mary Olson"? In
> some cultures, women do not legally change their names when
> they marry, thus the report is incorrect.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chi
>
>
>
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